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Here is my first DAW Extra. I had a few problems getting it to fly right, mostly due to sloppy construction techniques. I started out with the speed 400 motor, and eventually went to a 480 because it was gutless.

Here are the vitals on the blue extra:

	DAW Extra kit
	Graupner speed 480 BB Race
	8 x Sayno 600AE batteries
	Castle creations 40 amp speed controller
	APC 5x5 prop

The blue extra had lots of flights before eventually meeting the ground at a steep angle too many times. My primary problem was I would only get about a 2 minute flight with that hot 480 motor. So, I built a brand-new one using the lessons learned from the first.

Here are the vitals on the yellow extra:

	DAW Extra kit
	Hacker B20-15L motor with 4.4:1 gearbox
	Jeti 40 opto brushless speed controller
	APC 9x6 slow-fly prop
	8 x Sanyo 1050 NiMh cells

With this brushless setup, I now get 5+ min flights depending upon how much throttle control I execute, and the plane can do just about any aerobatic move in the book...except hover. Does excellent knife edges, and spins. Only major accident I had with it was I did an inverted flat spin, and could not recover. Luckily it landed in high-grass and was not too damaged.

Total Construction Time = 2 full weekends plus a few hours during the week. The kit comes as a box of wood and foam. Lots of shaping, carving and gluing to put it together.

DAW Extra 300 Videos

DAW Extra Maiden Flight (Windows) 1.9 meg - First flight of the blue DAW Extra. Notice how squirrelly it is in the air. I learned a-lot about how to build the plane better from this.